amateur photo thread.

oldvictory · Aug 6, 2026

GTracer38
I was fortunate enough to get back across to Perth over the last week, having only been there once previously, which coincided nicely with Supercars annual visit to Wanneroo.

A lot of misses, particularly on Saturday at Turn 1, but I did get the tracks 'glory' shot which I'd regretted not trying to get last time I was there. Cracking weekend overall.

ADP Team18 Camaro by Matt Bink, on Flickr

Chaz Mostert - Walkinshaw TWG GR Supra by Matt Bink, on Flickr

Stewart forces past Fraser in behind Walls by Matt Bink, on Flickr

SC field weaves up the hill at Wanneroo by Matt Bink, on Flickr

Some awesome cars there out on track, the Camaro (race car) is very rare here in the UK. Great photos. 👍

oldvictory · Aug 6, 2026

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GTracer38 · Aug 7, 2026

oldvictory
Some awesome cars there out on track, the Camaro (race car) is very rare here in the UK. Great photos. 👍

Cheers! It can be very easy to not appreciate the cars we see so often in period until after they're retired from service.

Trying to get a few more snaps of the Gen3 era than I ever did with COTF/Gen2. Added benefit of being trackside more often!

tbtstt · Aug 7, 2026

GTracer38
Cheers! It can be very easy to not appreciate the cars we see so often in period until after they're retired from service.

This doesn't get said enough by motorsport fans (in my personal opinion).

To me an appreciation of what is racing now is as important as appreciating what has gone before.

tbtstt · Aug 11, 2026

GTracer38
I was fortunate enough to get back across to Perth over the last week, having only been there once previously, which coincided nicely with Supercars annual visit to Wanneroo.

A lot of misses, particularly on Saturday at Turn 1, but I did get the tracks 'glory' shot which I'd regretted not trying to get last time I was there. Cracking weekend overall.

ADP Team18 Camaro by Matt Bink, on Flickr

Great set, but this first shot is easily my favourite. Lighting looks lovely and the timing is spot on with the car getting some curb there.

oldvictory
Yes the f2.8 aperture/blur and high quality lens will make a big difference especially around the pitlane and drivers. It excels with portraits etc post some photos if you get a chance, I will try and dig out some old ones taken with my 70-200mm.

So I only used the 70-200 for panning during my comparison day with the 55-250 at Touring Car Rewind. I tried to give the 70-200 more time as I have used the 55-250 a lot over the years so I am obviously very familiar with it but, despite my best efforts, I couldn't get as sharp a pan out of the 70-200.

I suspect it would be a different story in low light but, for the general conditions I am in the vast majority of the time, I am not convinced the 70-200 is going to be a massive benefit at the moment. I hear what you are saying about the pitlane/driver usage though and, as the 70-200 owner has been kind enough to let me use the lens for a couple of events (and as I really need to spend more time trying static shots and not fixating on moving cars!), I may try and use the 70-200 for that next time out.

First time out with my 100-400 as well. Felt odd having so much more range now, really looking forward to getting more practice with it.

Opel Vectra (1) (Robert Whelan) by Steve White, on Flickr

Peugeot 306 GTi (72) (Carl Chambers) by Steve White, on Flickr

I did wonder if sustaining panning with the 100-400 might be hard work after mainly using smaller lenses but, in some ways, I was finding the bigger lens made it easier to get a smoother track.

Favourite pans of the day all came from the trusty 55-250 though:

Vauxhall Vectra (5) (Jason Hughes) by Steve White, on Flickr

Vauxhall Cavalier (67) (Tony Absolom) by Steve White, on Flickr

Ford Escort RS1600i (84) (James Brick) by Steve White, on Flickr

MedigoFlame · Aug 11, 2026

I hardly do landscape photos, but couldn't help and copy some other folks who were trying to get photos of the sunrise over the White Mountains of New Hampshire whilst we were situated at about the halfway point up the road to the summit. Technically I was there for a hill climb time trial, but thought I'd try my hand at catching this with my Canon R6 with an EF MK1 70-200MM lens.

Shot at 100mm, F/4.5, 1/500, and ISO - 1000.

sunrise_amongst_mountains_by_medigoflame_dmlx4kf-pre.jpg

I want to post more photos, but don't feel like I'm quite ready yet with the editing. Plus I'm saving them for my article once I write it up.

zaxs · Aug 11, 2026

MedigoFlame
I hardly do landscape photos, but couldn't help and copy some other folks who were trying to get photos of the sunrise over the White Mountains of New Hampshire whilst we were situated at about the halfway point up the road to the summit. Technically I was there for a hill climb time trial, but thought I'd try my hand at catching this with my Canon R6 with an EF MK1 70-200MM lens.

Shot at 100mm, F/4.5, 1/500, and ISO - 1000.

I want to post more photos, but don't feel like I'm quite ready yet with the editing. Plus I'm saving them for my article once I write it up.

Nice one!
But as I see, here are they putting cars, we should open thread for general photos that we took...

oldvictory · Aug 11, 2026

tbtstt
Great set, but this first shot is easily my favourite. Lighting looks lovely and the timing is spot on with the car getting some curb there.

So I only used the 70-200 for panning during my comparison day with the 55-250 at Touring Car Rewind. I tried to give the 70-200 more time as I have used the 55-250 a lot over the years so I am obviously very familiar with it but, despite my best efforts, I couldn't get as sharp a pan out of the 70-200.

I suspect it would be a different story in low light but, for the general conditions I am in the vast majority of the time, I am not convinced the 70-200 is going to be a massive benefit at the moment. I hear what you are saying about the pitlane/driver usage though and, as the 70-200 owner has been kind enough to let me use the lens for a couple of events (and as I really need to spend more time trying static shots and not fixating on moving cars!), I may try and use the 70-200 for that next time out.

First time out with my 100-400 as well. Felt odd having so much more range now, really looking forward to getting more practice with it.

pel Vectra (1) (Robert Whelan) by Steve White, on Flickr

Peugeot 306 GTi (72) (Carl Chambers) by Steve White, on Flickr

I did wonder if sustaining panning with the 100-400 might be hard work after mainly using smaller lenses but, in some ways, I was finding the bigger lens made it easier to get a smoother track.

Favourite pans of the day all came from the trusty 55-250 though:

Vauxhall Vectra (5) (Jason Hughes) by Steve White, on Flickr

Vauxhall Cavalier (67) (Tony Absolom) by Steve White, on Flickr

Ford Escort RS1600i (84) (James Brick) by Steve White, on Flickr

Nice panning, yes it is always easier with what you are used to (weight, technique, zoom etc) A new lens can take a couple of visits and feel to get good shots. I find some of my older light kit lenses I got the best shots from as they were light and quick. I also never really panned much with 70-200mm and used it for more stills in the end but a fantastic lens. My best pans come from my 100-400mm and 150-600mm though as I find they suited me more by hand and you can stand so far away from the crowds. Great shots again. p.s I saw the Plato/Hughes Vauxhall Vectra at Donington Park (UK).

eran0004 · Aug 12, 2026

The solar eclipse from northern Sweden.
Photo taken with my potato phone camera (the cheapest and slowest Samsung that money can buy) with polarized sunglasses in front of the lens.

zzz_pt · Aug 27, 2026

Hamburger DOM
30mm f/4

zaxs · Aug 28, 2026

This morning moon eclipse from northern Croatia

It was about half in Earth's shadow, it was in 5:15 this morning.
At 6:12, when it should have have been 90% in shadow, it was gone in west.

tbtstt · Wednesday at 10:29 AM

I was in France at the end of last month for the fifth round of the European Rallycross Championship at Loheac. It was a three day event and, with the first date running late into the evening, it was only on the morning of day two when I checked my pictures and realized my camera had a serious problem.

Thought the weekend was a write off, but one of the other accredited media had a spare 7D in his bag which he was happy to lend me for the two days. Incredibly grateful to him, as he really saved my weekend. Few pictures from day two and three...

Renault Megane RS RX (29) (Fabien Pailler) by Steve White, on Flickr

Peugeot 208 4x4 T16 (19) (Sébastien Loeb) by Steve White, on Flickr

Peugeot 208 4x4 T16 (16) (Julien Febreau) by Steve White, on Flickr

Hyundai i20 4x4 T16 (14) (Rokas Baciuska) by Steve White, on Flickr

Peugeot 208 4x4 T16 (77) (Derek Tohill) by Steve White, on Flickr

Skoda Fabia S1600 (88) (Vaclav Tuma) by Steve White, on Flickr

Renault Megane RS RX (29) (Fabien Pailler) by Steve White, on Flickr

Peugeot 208 4x4 T16 (19) (Sébastien Loeb) by Steve White, on Flickr

Hyundai i20 4x4 T16 (18) (Juha Rytkonen) by Steve White, on Flickr

Volkswagen Polo 4x4 T16 (8) (Johan Kristoffersson) by Steve White, on Flickr

Ford Fiesta VII 4x4 T16 (13) (Andreas Bakkerud) by Steve White, on Flickr

Skoda Fabia 4x4 T16 (1) (Davy Jeanney) by Steve White, on Flickr